[The Henson Sentencing Report included several Black PR letters
by Scientology agents and members. They were all basically the same
fantasies, fables, fictions and minimal fact.
The worst rant was by a known Mafia Associate.
It is important to note the several hundred pages of exhibits alluded
to in this screed have never been shown to Jim Harr or Keith Henson,
as required by law.
WGH]
LAW OFFICES OF ELLIOT J. ABELSON
8491 West Sunset Boulevard o Suite 1100 o Los Angeles, CA 90069-1911
Telephone (323) 960- 1935 o FAX (323) 650-0464
May 7, 2001
County of Riverside
Probation Department
Hemet Office
Re: People v. H. Keith Henson, Case HEM 011371
Dear Sirs:
We are counsel to Reverend Ken Hoden, Bruce Wagoner, and Hillary
Dezotell, the Scientology staff who were found by the Jury to be some
of the victims of Henson's criminal conduct.{1} We are also counsel to
many other Scientology Clergy and parishioners who have been
victimized by Henson's conduct both in the same hate crimes incident
for which he was convicted and in other like incidents.
On 26 April 2001, a jury of 12 found Henson guilty of one count of
violating §422.6. The Jury deadlocked on two other counts (9-3 and
10-2 in favor of a guilty conviction) related to making terrorist
threats. On May l6th , the Honorable Robert Wallerstein will sentence
Henson in Department 4 of the Hemet Superior Court. The maximum
sentence Judge Wallerstein can impose is one year of incarceration or
a lesser period of incarceration followed by probation.
On behalf of the victim, we sincerely urge that Henson, an admitted
explosives expert, be sentenced to a minimum of six (6) months of
incarceration (if not the full one year term) to be followed by
probation, a condition of which to be that for five years thereafter,
Henson shall stay at least 100 yards away from any Scientology church,
housing unit where Scientologists reside, or other facility, and that
he be barred from inducing or encouraging others to ether within that
zone.
{1 The criminal charges proffered by the Riverside County District
Attorney included, as additional victims, Michael Gilchrist, Dana Reid
and Muriel Dufresne. However, because neither the criminal charge nor
the punishment are enhanced by the addition of three additional
victims, and so as to simplify the trial, the District Attorney
elected at trial to proceed with evidence respecting only the three
victims named above. That, however, does not diminish Henson's
culpability in terms of the number of victims of his criminal
conduct.}
While we appreciate this is Henson's first actual criminal
conviction, the potential danger to the victims and other members of
their religion in this situation is of primary importance. We
therefore ask that you consider:
(1) Henson has engaged in similar religious bigotry-related conduct
against Scientologists for the past five years and has continued to do
so even after his conviction.
(2) Henson has engaged in other criminal conduct in furtherance of his
bigoted hatred of the Scientology religion, its clergy arid
parishioners. {2}
(3) Henson has actively requested and encouraged others to engage in
the very same kind of religious bigotry and conduct for which Henson
himself was charged in this case.
(4) During the recent trial in Hemet, Henson had the audacity to
attempt to intimidate witnesses and to obstruct justice by attempting
to communicate with the Jurors in violation of California Penal Code
§§ 136.1 and 95 respectively.
(5) Henson has shown no remorse for his crimes which is consistent
with his lack of remorse when previously convicted by a San Jose
federal court jury of willful copyright infringement involving
Scientology scriptures, and his lack of remorse when previously
adjudicated in contempt of a prior federal court order. In short,
Henson is a sociopath who, despite his latest conviction, remains
dedicated to attacking the Scientology religion and its adherents. He
shows no remorse for his conduct and Henson himself has demonstrated
that rehabilitation is not even remotely possible to the point where
it is a certainty that the day his period of incarceration ends, he
will resume his bigotry-based conduct attacking the Scientology
religion and its adherents.
(6) Henson is not merely a sociopath but also practices extortion,
demanding a five million dollar payment from the Scientology religion
to cease his bigoted harassment of Scientologists.
(7) Henson has repeatedly demonstrated his contempt for the law, for
the court's, and for our entire judicial system - both civil and
criminal. He is a diseased miscreant, unfit to live in a civilized
society, and our clients' regret only that the maximum Statutory
period of incarceration on his conviction is only one year.
{ 2. The Probation Department and Judge Wallerstein may properly
consider Henson's other criminal conduct which did not result in a
conviction in determining Henson's sentence here. People v Gragg 216
Cal.App.3d 32, 44, 264 Cal.Rptr. 765, 772 (19$9). }
Background:
Henson attempts to justify his conduct as merely his exercise of free
Speech under the First Amendment. His conduct is certainly not
protected but more importantly, Henson resorts to what amounts to
criminal libel accusing Scientology of murder. See Henson's picket
signs in which he asserts that the Scientology religion killed Lisa
McPherson, Ashlee Shaver, and Stacey Meyer.{3} Henson's picketing with
these same signs shamelessly alleging the murders of these unfortunate
young women by Scientology continued after his conviction and, indeed,
he carried very libelous signs right in front of the Hemet courthouse
(Exhibit 1).
Henson's attacks on the Scientology religion began in 1990. Henson is
a self-employed computer consultant, living In a home in Palo Alto,
with no previous contact,) with any church of Scientology. Henson
began using the Internet to post confidential scriptures of tile
Scientology religion. Significantly Henson decided to violate the
copyrights of these materials shortly after a federal judge had
enjoined one of his cohorts from posting them. Henson was actually
present in court when Judge Whyte issued this injunction and thus his
very first assault on the Scientology religion was all act of defiance
of judicial authority.
{ 3 These accusations, amounting to criminal libel, demonstrate the
depths of Henson's sociopathic mind. The medical examiner in Florida
certified that Lisa McPherson died accidently from a pulmonary
embolism, not from any criminal conduct. Ashlee Shaner was an
inexperienced driver, who died in an automobile accident in which she
was driving a car on the public highway and ran into construction
equipment not owned or controlled by any Scientology organization. But
the fact that it occurred in front of a Scientology facility in Hemet
is sufficient, in Henson's warped mind, to accuse Scientology of
murdering her. The Riverside Sheriff's office fully investigated the
accident and found no basis to proceed with any criminal actions
against the Church of Scientology. Respecting Stacey Meyer, she died
by way of an accident in which she came in contact with a high voltage
electric power source. Here again, the Riverside County Sheriff's
office fully investigated the matter and found it to be exactly what
it was -- an accident. Yet in Henson's distorted, bigoted mind,
Scientology murdered her.}

When Henson was then requested to cease and desist from further
infringement. his response was that counsel for the Church (known to
Henson as a woman with two children) could "take your demand, fold it
till it is all corners and stick it where `the sun don't shine"'.
(Exhibit 2)
Henson continued to violate the copyrights of these materials, and as
a result of his refusal to cease infringing he was sued in the Federal
District Count for the Northern District of California for copyright
infringement. (Religious Technology Center v Henson C96-20271 RMW)
As it turned out Henson wanted to get sued in order to make a name for
himself on the Internet. He claimed that the litigation was a "great
game" and "entertainment." After all, he was forcing Scientology
churches to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees to
protect the copyrights in response to his acts of infringement that
cost him virtually nothing. He also boasted that his misconduct
enhanced his status among a handful of anti-Scientologists whose
perverse rating system gives one a higher ranking and stature the more
trouble and expense one causes the Scientology religion. (Exhibit 3,
at 94-97).
In April 1997, the district court granted summary judgment against
Henson, finding that he had willfully infringed the Church's
copyrights and a permanent injunction was entered against him. Henson
saw that he was in trouble so just before trial began on the issue of
damages, Henson filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition, invoking the
automatic stay provision to sabotage the trial. Two days later, while
still under the court's injunction, Henson threatened that he would
publicly present the Church's confidential materials to the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration on television. He boasted that after
committing this act of "civil disobedience," he would report with
toothbrush in hand to the judge who issued the injunction, and go to
jail for contempt of court. (Exhibit 4 ) A further injunction was then
issued against him.
But Henson's delay tactics failed and in May 1998 a jury found him to
be a willful infringer and assessed damages against him for $75,000
(one of the highest assessments of damages for a single copyrighted
work in the history of the US). (Exhibit 5) Henson immediately refiled
for bankruptcy to thwart collection of the judgment.
Henson showed no remorse before, during or after that trial. During
the trial proceedings, he encouraged others to violate the Church's
copyrights by posting the same materials that he was enjoined from
copying.
Following the jury verdict, Henson intentionally had a confidential
portion of the trial transcript which had been sealed by court order
posted on the Internet. The federal Judge in that case issued an order
to show cause why Henson should not be held in criminal contempt.
However, as a criminal contempt proceeding would have required the
participation of the U.S. Attorney's Office and thus a long delay, the
judge decided to go forward against Henson in a civil contempt
proceeding. There, Henson was found in contempt and fined $7,500.
(Exhibit 6)
Most rational people would learn from their mistakes and change their
ways, but not Henson. He instead escalated his attacks against the
Church and its members. Instead of working to pay off his debts,
Henson, supported by a handful of cohorts, began appearing at
Scientology churches around the country, attempting to disrupt church
services and intimidate church members. As a result of such
activities, he has been placed under anti-harassment restraining
orders in both Florida and California. (Exhibits 7 & 8) In one
incident in 1998, Henson approached a Scientology minister in
violation of one such injunction. When another person attempted to
protect the minister and place Henson under citizen's arrest, Henson
bit the person on his hand, requiring medical attention.
But despite losing the copyright infringement case, getting sanctioned
for contempt and getting restraining orders issued against him, Henson
continued. The reason for his continued harassment later became
obvious, when, in a debtor examination, Henson revealed that he wanted
the Church to pay him $5 million dollars to stop the harassment.
Henson's attempted extortion was rejected out of hand. (Exhibit 9)
The Hate Crimes and threats to the Church
As mentioned above Henson started to intensify his actions getting
more and more irrational in his behavior. From May to September 2000,
he traveled from Palo Alto to Riverside County to target the staff of
Church of Scientology International at its Golden Era Production
facilities in Hemet. For approximately 50 days he followed Church
staff from their homes to the Church's property on Highway 79 between
State and Sanderson. He would lurk outside their apartments, taunting
and harassing them. All the while making various threats of
destruction on the Internet. Henson is a known expert in the use of
explosives and bombs. (Exhibit 10) Thus, his presence at the Church's
.facilities created fear, intimidation and interference with the
religious practice of over 700 staff. That was intentional. As Henson
later told Sheriff's detectives, he was engaged in psychological
warfare, intending to create paranoia among the Church members.
The fear that he created was very real. Henson has a history of
setting off explosives, making pipe bombs and teaching children how to
do the same. (Exhibit 11) His exploits with explosives were even
covered in a book entitled The Great Mambo Chicken (Exhibit 12)
In fact, in the above mentioned copyright case, a federal Magistrate
Judge issued an order preventing Henson from attending a deposition of
a Church official due to a conversation about bombs that Henson had
with a friend of his at the San Jose airport when they were in route
to the deposition. (Exhibit 13 )
Henson's activities escalated even further. Acting in concert with his
cohorts, who used a Global Positioning System ("GPS") device, they
plotted the coordinates of several of the Church's buildings on the
Golden Era property. The satellite coordinates were then posted on the
Internet along with Henson's suggestion for a vector one could use to
destroy them with a missile (Exhibit 14).
Henson's threats lead to his being arrested and the criminal
conviction that followed.
Threats to Law Enforcement.
As noted above, Henson had earlier demonstrated his refusal to abide
by court orders, having been held in contempt of court by a federal
judge. More recently, he has taken other actions which show his utter
disregard for any form of judicial or law enforcement authority.
Prior to criminal trial, Henson sought the recusal of the entire
Riverside District Attorney's Office from prosecuting the case. This
was "supported" by a series of falsehoods and innuendo. An attorney
from the Attorney General's Office opposed the motion and Henson's
motion was denied.
While the trial was in progress, Henson attempted to intimidate
witnesses, in violation of California Penal Code § 136, by having his
wife and others picket at the Church's facilities (where the witnesses
work), carrying signs containing language specifically excluded from
the trial by Judge Wallerstein. Henson, himself, in violation of Penal
Code § 95 attempted to influence jurors by handing out fliers
attacking Scientology in the Hemet area. (Exhibit 15)
Rather than showing any remorse following his conviction, Henson
became even more brazen. As mentioned above, within two hours of the
verdict, Henson was back at the courthouse with his wife Arel
protesting the court's action.
The following day, Henson posted an "Open Letter to Judge Robert H
Wallerstein" on an Internet newsgroup. (Exhibit 16) In the letter,
Henson called the judgment a "miscarriage of justice" and "an assault
on free speech" attempting to poison the judge with the very lies
about the Church of Scientology which has been ruled inadmissible
during the trial. He reargues the same points that his attorney had
unsuccessfully raised in a motion for judgment notwithstanding
verdict, a motion for a new trial and a motion for mistrial. Moreover,
Henson's letter was is direct disobedience to the reprimand he
received from Judge Walker following his earlier ex-parte contacts
with judges. (Exhibit 17)
Henson even attempted to intimidate the Deputy District Attorney who
was prosecuting him, both prior to and during trial, through numerous
postings on the Internet. (Exhibit 18) Henson even went so far as to
take the Deputy DA's photograph when he was coming out of his office.
Additionally, on the eve of the trial, Henson went to the District
Attorney's office in Hemet in an attempt to intimidate his staff.
Henson then described this visit on the Internet in a posting where he
revealed the full names of three female DA's Office's employees
(Exhibit 19)
Henson's affiliation with a cadre of like minded hate mongers is a
separate cause for concern. In an attempt to influence the court,
members of that group posted direct threats against the DA's office,
suggesting that the DA should be "violated by Nazi Lowriders." Henson
has been associating with a key figure in this group, a millionaire by
the name of Robert Minton, who himself has been found in contempt of a
court ordered injunction in a recent proceeding in Florida. Minton's
stated aim is the destruction of the church, graphically demonstrated
in a photo of himself which was posted on the Internet and where he
expresses his intentions. (Exhibit 20) Henson's close affiliation with
Minton is also shown in the attached photo which shows Minton handing
money to Henson in front of a Church of Scientology in Florida.
(Exhibit 21)

Summary
Henson is a sociopath, but a very smart one, who has exploited and
misused the legal system for his personal agenda. In my 33 years of
practicing law as both a prosecutor and defense attorney, Henson is
one of the most dangerous criminals I have seen.
The lessons of Oklahoma City and Columbine fill the press on a daily
basis. In both cases there were early warning signs which went
unheeded. We must not let that happen again as Henson has the
expertise to carry out his threats.
I am sure you will share our concerns and will make the appropriate
recommendation to ensure that Keith Henson is restrained from taking
actions to further the hate crimes for which he was convicted and from
threatening the lives and safety of our citizens. He must not be
allowed to walk away from the crime he committed. Henson should be
sentenced to a minimum of six months incarceration with five years
probation as described above in the hope that this will teach him to
change his ways.
Sincerely,
{signed}
Elliot J. Abelson
Law Offices of Elliot J. Abelson
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker
Of Counsel

Message-ID: <[email protected]>
From: Onimusha <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: HENSON UPDATE: Sentencing Report - The Abelson Rant
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 02:41:08 GMT
Gregg wrote:
> Henson is a sociopath, but a very smart one, who has exploited and
> misused the legal system for his personal agenda. In my 33 years of
> practicing law as both a prosecutor and defense attorney, Henson is
> one of the most dangerous criminals I have seen.
"ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINALS I HAVE SEEN" ???
How in the world with a Judge in his/her right mind not laugh at this
ludicrous assertion ?!?!?!?!
> The lessons of Oklahoma City and Columbine fill the press on a daily
> basis. In both cases there were early warning signs which went
> unheeded. We must not let that happen again as Henson has the
> expertise to carry out his threats.
"Oklahoma City" and "Columbine" ?
This is so absurd !
Did he actually say he wanted to kill anybody, did he physically
threatened people ?
Man, this trial is such a sham !
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 02:44:34 -0500
From: "Public <Anonymous_Account>" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: HENSON UPDATE: Sentencing Report - The Abelson Rant
Message-ID: <[email protected]>

In article <[email protected]>, John C. Randolph wrote:
> Onimusha wrote:
>>
>> Gregg wrote:
>>
>> > Henson is a sociopath, but a very smart one, who has exploited and
>> > misused the legal system for his personal agenda. In my 33 years of
>> > practicing law as both a prosecutor and defense attorney, Henson is
>> > one of the most dangerous criminals I have seen.
>>
>> "ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINALS I HAVE SEEN" ???
> Did Abelson say this in court, under oath? If so, he's perjured
> himself, because the most dangerous criminals *he's* ever seen are his
> own clients. (Clams or Gambino goons, take your pick.)
No, he wrote it in the sentencing memorandum.
Like most things lawyers say or write in court,
it's an argument. Not only is he immune to
perjury, but even to libel. He gets to lie his ass
off all he wants.

From: ptsc <ptsc AT nym DOT alias DOT net>
Subject: Re: HENSON UPDATE: Sentencing Report - The Abelson Rant
Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 07:40:30 -0400
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
On Sun, 20 May 2001 10:08:50 GMT, "M. C. DiPietra"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>in article [email protected], ptsc at ptsc AT nym
>DOT alias DOT net mused on 5/19/01 8:52 AM:
>> Such libel privilege only attaches to someone who is officially a
>> District Attorney or otherwise prosecuting a case. Abelson has no
>> such standing and his only "position" in People v. Hemet is one of
>> tortious intermeddling. No privilege attaches to such activity.
>I'm confused...who invited Abelson anyway? What is his official context?
Aside from completely controlling the proceeding and being personal
friends with the judge, he had and has no official context whatsoever.
He just walked into the DA's office and took it over. Imagine that.
How nice and cozy. Do you think you could walk into a DA's office and
minutely control every aspect of a prosecution?
Apparently if you're Scientology in Hemet, you can. Welcome to the
Banana Republic of California.
ptsc

From: [email protected] (Gregg)
Subject: Re: HENSON UPDATE: Sentencing Report - The Abelson Rant
Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 15:34:56 GMT
Organization: Temple of At'L'An
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
On Sat, 19 May 2001 02:41:08 GMT, Onimusha <[email protected]> wrote:
>Gregg wrote:
>
>> Henson is a sociopath, but a very smart one, who has exploited and
>> misused the legal system for his personal agenda. In my 33 years of
>> practicing law as both a prosecutor and defense attorney, Henson is
>> one of the most dangerous criminals I have seen.
>"ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINALS I HAVE SEEN" ???
>
>How in the world with a Judge in his/her right mind not laugh at this
>ludicrous assertion ?!?!?!?!
Think aboot the upside (you can see am going native). Book jacket
screaming "HENSON IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINALS I HAVE SEEN"
-- Eliot Abelson, former Gambino Family lawyer.
(I could probably get a countering quote from Buzz Aldrin. I was on
the Board of Directors for the National Space Society with him for a
number of years.)
>> The lessons of Oklahoma City and Columbine fill the press on a daily
>> basis. In both cases there were early warning signs which went
>> unheeded. We must not let that happen again as Henson has the
>> expertise to carry out his threats.
>
>"Oklahoma City" and "Columbine" ?
>
>This is so absurd !
>
>Did he actually say he wanted to kill anybody, did he physically
>threatened people ?
>
>Man, this trial is such a sham !
That's what happens when a community falls under the influence of
scientology, rated sometimes as a paramilitary organization and other
times are organized crime by the FBI's threat assessment group.
Would the Judge take this seriously? Maybe. At the end of the trial
he and Eliot indicated they knew each other from the days when Eliot
was a district attorney--before he went over to the dark side.
Keith Henson
From: [email protected] (Gregg)
Subject: Re: HENSON UPDATE: Sentencing Report - The Abelson Rant
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 15:34:30 GMT
Organization: Temple of At'L'An
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
On Mon, 21 May 2001 21:37:47 -0700, John Drake <[email protected]>
wrote:
snip
>I remember your posts about the letter. My point is that
>now you have an opportunity to pin another fabrication on
>Scientology lawyers. There are several scenarios:
>
>1) the declaration was fabricated inside Scientology offices
> 1a) how did Hogan get the declaration? Did he have to have
> the person in front of him? Could he have it faxed to
> his office for submission?
>
> 1b) Scientology sent a PI or OSA operative to Hogan to make
> the declaration with a fake name or a hijacked name.
>
>2) Scientology paid a Southwest employee to make a false
> declaration.
>
>3) (least likely) the declaration is genuine.
The "declaration" by Hogan on which the judge's order was bases was
pure hearsay, Hogan said he had heard this from someone the cult had
following Grady and me to the airport in San Jose. Now *anyone* who
thinks you can talk about bombs at an airport counter is welcome to
try it.
>The problem is that this declaration is anonymous so there is
>no way to verify anything about it. We have someone who was
>ready to stand up and be counted ... as long as he does not
>have to stand up and be counted.
>
>I do not think you will be able to pry the True Name out of
>Scientology. They claimed that you would harass this guy,
>post his name to the internet, yadda yadda yadda. But to
>pin the lawyers to the wall with this, you do not need his
>name. You can take a very reasonable and compromising stance
>and say that all you need to know is that there is a real person,
>employed by Southwest, (and not clocked in at SFO at the time)
>that made this declaration. Scientology has a long history of
>fabricating evidence, and having this name verified by the
>airline and FBI is a reasonable step that would not require
>your ever knowing who it is.
The airline had no idea anything like this had ever happened. It was
pure fabrication in a desperate attempt to delay so we could not
donate our deposition time to Dennis Erlich's lawyers. After the
fact, and the publication of the public buggery outbursts by DM, I
think it worked out much better this way. And besides, I got in my
very first picket of gold base due to the delay of a day *and* had the
famous "car chase" adventure later on the day we deposed DM.
>Southwest has no chance to discuss procedures with this "employee"
>without your help. This is an opportunity for the government to
>pry that name out of Hogan and give it to the airline (not to you).
>As this person has a talk with his manager (with 2 FBI heavies
>flanking the door) he will give serious thought to spilling
>his guts.
I think some unknown scientology PI just called up Hogan and lied to
him, if Hogan didn't make it up from scratch..
Keith Henson